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Antarctic Ocean secrets hidden in layers of seafloor mud

Victoria Gill, Kate Stephens and Gwyndaf Hughes BBC News Science team Elisenda Balleste The researchers worked from a vessel at a number of locations around the Antarctic Peninsula Why would anyone brave hand-numbing cold, icy winds and rough seas – sometimes working through the night – to dig up mud from the Antarctic seabed? That […]

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Two more dead as Spanish troops battle blazes

Danai Nesta Kupemba BBC News Watch: Emergency crews tackle wildfires in Spain and Portugal Spain has sent 500 more troops to fight raging wildfires, bringing the total deployed to 1,900, as the death toll from the blazes has risen to four. On Sunday, a firefighter died after an accident during firefighting efforts when his truck […]

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Art charity ‘buzzing’ to move into new £75m Gloucester campus

Sophia Allsopp BBC News, West of England BBC The former Debenhams in Gloucester has been transformed into a university building An art charity has said it is “absolutely buzzing” to be part of a £75m city centre university campus that officially opened its doors on Monday. Art Shape, which works with the NHS to deliver […]

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Alongside the heatwave, are we seeing an early autumn in the UK?

Georgina Rannard Climate and science correspondent Tim Dodd/BBC Puppies have enjoyed the leaf fall in Cardiff in August It’s still hot in many parts of the UK, but some tree leaves are turning yellow and blackberries are so ripe in hedges that they’re tasting alcoholic. Councils in London have issued “do not sit under trees” […]

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Warning issued over kids’ magnesium supplement gummies

Parents are being warned to stop using Nutrition Ignition Kids Magnesium Glycinate Gummies, due to them containing an undeclared drug called melatonin that could cause issues for children. Melatonin is a prescription-only medicine, which can cause drowsiness, headaches, dizziness and nausea. Testing of two batches by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) […]

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